Nitric Acid → 3-Cyano-5-ethyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid

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Silver nitrate (1.41 g, 8.3 mmol) in water (100 ml) was added to a solution of 5-ethyl-2-formyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile (Intermediate 58) (819 mg, 5.53 mmol) in 1 N sodium hydroxide (100 ml) in the dark. The mixture was heated at 100° C. in the dark for 1 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and acidified with 65% aqueous nitric acid. The yellow/brown solution was extracted with EtOAc, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound (600 mg).

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